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1. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:
A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
932

2. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

3. Ah Pettius I have done with poetry

First Line:
Ah Pettius I have done with poetry
Last Line:
And shake my constancy
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42160

4. Alas dear Pettius for a few months past

First Line:
Alas dear Pettius for a few months past
Last Line:
Nothing but a third tempting she can break the chain
DMI number:
5841

5. Alas my Lydia do you think

First Line:
Alas my Lydia do you think
Last Line:
He reigned with liberty
DMI number:
40082

6. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

7. Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh

First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067

8. Asterie why dost thou mourn

First Line:
Asterie why dost thou mourn
Last Line:
Thou art hard still hard remain
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42104

9. Begin begin Diana's praise

First Line:
Begin begin Diana's praise
Last Line:
And do the work of Caesar's sword the mighty work of fate
DMI number:
43423

10. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

11. Blush not dear sir your flame to own

First Line:
Blush not dear sir your flame to own
Last Line:
While Fielding or a Shirley lives
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
36657

12. Blush not my friend to own the love

First Line:
Blush not my friend to own the love
Last Line:
All his flames and all thy fears
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
906

13. Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come

First Line:
Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come
Last Line:
Many a care is charmed by verse
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42143

14. Cnidian goddess Paphian queen

First Line:
Cnidian goddess Paphian queen
Last Line:
And last of all friend Mercury
DMI number:
19133

15. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104

16. Dear Phoebus since in love we see

First Line:
Dear Phoebus since in love we see
Last Line:
And froze with forty winters cold
DMI number:
10288

17. Did any punishment attend

First Line:
Did any punishment attend
Last Line:
Should keep their bridegrooms from their arms
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3846

18. Did we but once Barine see

First Line:
Did we but once Barine see
Last Line:
And makes her jealous on the wedding night
DMI number:
3847

19. Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

First Line:
Dire Hannibal the Roman dread
Last Line:
Or snatches first the fragrant bliss
DMI number:
915

20. For my new song the lyric muse

First Line:
For my new song the lyric muse
Last Line:
Give all the riches Asian monarchs share
DMI number:
10003

21. Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms

First Line:
Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms
Last Line:
In spite of beauty keeps poor me her slave
DMI number:
11756

22. He that in verse would to the world declare

First Line:
He that in verse would to the world declare
Last Line:
New life to him that was a-dying just before
DMI number:
42087

23. It was one evening when the rising moon

First Line:
It was one evening when the rising moon
Last Line:
Laugh at thy fate and triumph in my turn
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
947

24. Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed

First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943

25. Lisetta why so wondrous coy

First Line:
Lisetta why so wondrous coy
Last Line:
The joys I never knew
Author:
Francis Manning (Speculation)
DMI number:
942

26. Lidia I conjure you say

First Line:
Lidia I conjure you say
Last Line:
TO keep him safe from war
Author:
John Evelyn (Confident)
DMI number:
44580

27. Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms

First Line:
Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms
Last Line:
Has charms enough to make poor poets slaves
Author:
John Hughes (Speculation)
DMI number:
902

28. Lyce at length my vows are heard

First Line:
Lyce at length my vows are heard
Last Line:
Still lives the public scorn
Author:
Richard Roderick (Absolute)
DMI number:
23511

29. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such resistless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
3951

30. Lydia I conjure you say

First Line:
Lydia I conjure you say
Last Line:
To keep him safe from war
DMI number:
36122

31. Lydia in heaven's name

First Line:
Lydia in heaven's name
Last Line:
Should him to manly deeds betray
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42038

32. O God who ever in heaven dost guide

First Line:
O God who ever in heaven dost guide
Last Line:
Shall fail this spectacle to see
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42154

33. No more love's subjects but his slaves they be

First Line:
No more love's subjects but his slaves they be
Last Line:
He minds the sport and thou desirest no more
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42111

34. No more of war dread Cytherea cease

First Line:
No more of war dread Cytherea cease
Last Line:
Over pleasant fields and purling streams
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42130

35. Of battles won and kings in chains

First Line:
Of battles won and kings in chains
Last Line:
To snatch the hasty joy
DMI number:
22052

36. Once more the queen of love invades my breast

First Line:
Once more the queen of love invades my breast
Last Line:
Over woods and plains and seas the scornful maid pursue
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3830

37. One evening the loveliest pair

First Line:
One evening the loveliest pair
Last Line:
And chattered at every kiss
DMI number:
10236

38. One evening the loveliest pair

First Line:
One evening the loveliest pair
Last Line:
But lay myself down in thy room
DMI number:
23041

39. See madam see how your poor lover lies

First Line:
See madam see how your poor lover lies
Last Line:
These heats and colds of love for ever thus endure
DMI number:
42109

40. The arms that wax-like bend

First Line:
The arms that wax-like bend
Last Line:
And twisted with their threads of life
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42043

41. Tell me my Delia tell me why

First Line:
Tell me my Delia tell me why
Last Line:
But I believe because I love
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22313

42. Tell me Polly tell me truth

First Line:
Tell me Polly tell me truth
Last Line:
Every dart's employed in vain
DMI number:
36669

43. The cruel mother of desire

First Line:
The cruel mother of desire
Last Line:
I'll sacrifice and get the fair
DMI number:
11822

44. The furious queen of warm desire

First Line:
The furious queen of warm desire
Last Line:
To act no more the cruel maid
DMI number:
32218

45. The moon hung pendulous above

First Line:
The moon hung pendulous above
Last Line:
Then in my turn I'll laugh at thee
DMI number:
25583

46. The queen who gives soft wishes birth

First Line:
The queen who gives soft wishes birth
Last Line:
And give my frantic bosom ease
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
11814

47. The just man needs nor sword nor bow

First Line:
The just man needs nor sword nor bow
Last Line:
And sing I'll love the while
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:
42053

48. The wars of Numantia and Hannibal dire

First Line:
The wars of Numantia and Hannibal dire
Last Line:
Oft snatches the kiss she refuses
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26655

49. The tyrant queen of soft desires

First Line:
The tyrant queen of soft desires
Last Line:
The goddess may incline her heart to yield
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
894

50. Though hence you fly to Greenland's distant shore

First Line:
Though hence you fly to Greenland's distant shore
Last Line:
May in some safer harbour seek for rest
DMI number:
26811